| 08.30 |
Kurt
Hanselmann |
Introduction |
| 08.40 |
Guest
Lecture by Janine Kessi |
Selenite
resistance in purple non-sulfur bacteria: Physiological and biochemical
aspects |
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| 09.30 |
INTERMISSION |
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| Session
1: |
Interactions
of cyanogenic microbes with metals |
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chaired
by Naim Matasci and Hans-Caspar Hürlimann |
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| 10.00 |
Christine
Kägi and Tobias Rosenberger |
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Mobilization
of metals from metal-containing solids using cyanogenic microorganisms |
| 10.20 |
Marion
Stagars |
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How
cyanogenic microorganisms recycle electronic waste |
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| Session
2: |
Microbes
in metal-corroding biofilms |
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chaired
by Kati Seidl and Sebastian Zurbriggen |
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| 10.45 |
Otto
Martin Willy and Fabrizio Gorla |
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Genotypic
identification of biofilm-forming bacteria on stainless steel: tracking
the stainless steel stainers |
| 11.05 |
Christine
Lehmann |
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Tracing
microbial activities in sediments of Lake Cadagno |
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| 11.30 |
LUNCH |
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| Session
3: |
Reserve
polymers in Bacillus megaterium |
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chaired
by Otto Martin Willy and Fabrizio Gorla |
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| 13.00 |
Nadja
Tobler and Stephan Bänziger |
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Formation
of storage polymers in Bacillus megaterium |
| 13.20 |
Helmut
Brandl |
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Biodegradation
of plastics |
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| Session
4: |
Endolithic
microbes in dolomite rocks |
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chaired
by Christine Kägi and Tobias Rosenberger |
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| 13.45 |
Naim
Matasci and Hans-Caspar Hürlimann |
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How
many of the eight 16S rRNA gene sequences found in Piora Dolomite
represent new organisms ? |
| 14.05 |
Thomas
Horath |
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Endolithic
prokaryotes from Piora Dolomite: Isolation and sequencing of bacterial
16S rRNA gene fragements |
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| 14.25 |
INTERMISSION |
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| Session
5: |
Biofilm-formimg
bacterial communities in high-mountain lakes |
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chaired
by Nadja Tobler and Stefan Bänziger |
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| 14.45 |
Kati
Seidl and Sebastian Zurbriggen |
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Molecular analysis of biofilm-formimg bacteria from Jöri lake
XIII |
| 15.05 |
Munti
Yuhana |
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Assessing
the diversity of psychrophilic bacteria in low-nutrient aquatic habitats |
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| 15.30 |
Kurt
Hanselmann |
Summary |
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| 15.45 |
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End
of Minisymposium |
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| 16.00 |
Christmas
Party |
Small
Lecture Hall |